When Wilson gave me instructions to hire myself out at not less thanthirty dollars per fortnight, he hoped I would fail, from the fact thatwages for field-arms were only twenty-five dollars per fortnight; and whenI went back with Mr. Dansley's letter so soon, he was somewhatsurprised. He would have opened his eyes with wonder if he had knownthat Dansley was to pay me five dollars per fortnight extra. He gave me awritten permission to work for Mr. Dansley as long as Dansley shouldwant me. I immediately went to Dansley's, and stayed with him ninemonths--nine fortnights of contented time.